THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: MANON LIVE
Opening on 04/07/2012
Rated:
PG
Running Time:
4hr 09min Genre:
Live Opera
Directed By:
Jules Massenet
Starring:
Anna Netrebko, Covent Garden. Piotr Beczala, Paulo Szot
Plot Synopsis:
The story of the Chevalier who falls in love with the beautiful Manon captured the imagination of the public and of several composers (Auber, Puccini and Henze all wrote operas on the subject). Massenet wrote not one but two operas about Manon, and his masterpiece has held the stage since it was first seen in Paris in 1884. It contains some of his greatest arias, including Manon’s “Adieu, notre petite table” and des Grieux’s “Ah! Fuyez, douce image”.
